A seven-year-old girl was sitting on her grandmother's lap. As the little girl moved her hand across the older woman's face, Grandma said, "Those are my wrinkles. They mean that I'm getting older." The little girl asked, "Do wrinkles hurt?"
What a loaded question! It involves more than just wrinkles. It deals with the whole business of getting older. Everybody has to address that question if one lives long enough. Is it fun to get old? Is it humiliating? Should we look forward to it or dread it? Should we apologize for it or brag about it? Do wrinkles hurt? We live in a culture which glorifies youth. Notice the people in the TV commercials---those long, lean, tanned California girls and those rock-hard professional athletes. Seldom do you see an older person unless the advertisement is ab…